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Essay / Comparing Justice in a Wasp's Nest and Uderly Perfect...
Justice was also somewhat served to Claude because he wasn't accused of murder. Harrison attempted to pervert justice by trying to use the law to kill Claude by framing him, which, being hanged, is the punishment. A life for a life. However, Harrison didn't receive justice in the fact that he lost Molly, his love, and had to die a slow, painful death anyway, so he thought he could make it so that Claude couldn't nor have Molly hanging him for what. it was like murdering Harrison. It might be unfair if Harrison had to die, but that has absolutely nothing to do with justice. Justice was also skewed because Poriot was robbing Harrison in order to ensure no crime was committed (Christie 766). Overall, no justice could actually be served to punish the action of a crime, because no crime ended up being committed. In "The Uderly Perfect Murder", justice was served to Doug because he got justice and his revenge by knowing that he was better off than the other man. However, technically, justice was not served because no crime was committed (Bradburry 805). Because no crime was committed, no law needed to be circumvented for justice to be done. I think the justice Doug received was the best of all, because you didn't have to murder someone to see that he had the best ending and was indeed better off than the